Fusee and torpedo holding attachment for railroad-lanterns



, G. SELBY. FUSEE AND TORPEDO HOLDlNG ATTACHMENT FOR RAILROAD LANTERNS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5X l9l9.

1,305,@ 1%., Patented May 27, 1919.

00000000000 OOQGOO-OOOGO FE -m F155. /4 A GRANT SELBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

FUSEE AND TORPEDO HOLDING ATTACHMENT FOR RAILROAD-LANTERNS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27, 1919.

Application'filed March 5, 1919. Serial No. 280.824.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatsI, GRANT SELBY, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in This invention pertains to fusee and torpedo holding attachments for railroad lanterns as used by railroad fiagmen or train or trackmen of any kind or character in their work upon or about railroad trains and tracks, in the course of protecting or signaling trains, and for like purposes.

The primary object of the invention is to produce an attachment of this character which may be readily applied to, or detached from any ordinary and standard railroad lantern, and which when so attached to the lantern will aiford a convenient and efficient receptacle for the fusees and torpedoes used for signaling by railroad men.

A secondary object is to provide such an attachment with special hooks or fastenings to facilitate the ready attachment or detachment of the device to the lantern.

Another object is to produce such an attachment as will not obscure'the light, and a still further object is to provide'means for protecting and preserving the 'fusees and torpedoes against the deteriorating effects of weather and handling, as ordinarily occurs when such signals are unnecessarily exposed.

Further, by the use of this attachment the signals are always ready for instant'use and at the hand of the operator, and .the signals are always kept in their condition of prime efliciency. v

lVith these objects in view, attention is called to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of an ordinary railroad lantern properly equipped with my improvement;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of one of the fusee container tubes with the top cap removed, showing a fusee located therein;

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line A-A in Fig. 1, showing how the container tube is fastened to the lantern frame at this point by means of an ordinary swinging hook;

Fig. 4 is a similar cross section taken on the line B-B in Fig. 1, showing a speclal form of hook used to attach the container tube to the lantern frame at this point, thus giving two vertical and four horizontal points of support;

I Fig. 5 is a detail, showing a loose band slidingly mounted around each tube, and which maybe raised or lowered to adjust the attachment to different styles of lanterns;

Fig. 6 is a front View of the torpedo container, showing the container lid open and revealing the torpedoes located therein.

' Referring more particularly to the drawings, my invention in its preferred construction, consists in two fusee container tubes as shown at 1 and 2 mounted in vertical alinement with the side bars 3 and 4 of the lantern 5. These fusee container tubes are each provided with telescoping caps 6 and 7 adapted to slide upon and over the upper endsof the said fusee container tubes 1 and '2, respectively, to protect the fusee 8 from bracket 10 extended from the fusee container tubes 1 and 2-, respectively, and adapted to swing around and engage the side bars these points. The catches 9 may be extended from sliding bands '22, whereby the catches may be raised or lowered, and are rendered readily'adjustable to various forms of lanterns. Complementary to, and as additional means of support for said fusee container tubes, I provide a special form of catch 11, which preferably consists of a length of wire formed spirally with bends 12 and 13, and thus being adapted to engage both the base ring 14 of the lantern 5, and the vertical side bar 3. One of these special catches 11 is rigidly attached to the bottom end of each of the fusee container tubes 1 and 2, and when the said tubes are detached and are free from the lantern, the special catch 11 afi'ords means for readily locking the lower ends of said fusee container tubes into place upon the lantern as shown in Fig. 1, by merely turning and twisting the special catch 11 first around the base ring 14, and then up around and back of the vertical side bar 3, thus locking the tube against either lateral or vertical movement. The catch 9 is then swungaro'imd andback of the's'aid side bar 3, thus locking the tube against'sai d side bar at a point spacedvertically-fupward from the lowerend. of the tube, and affording twoverti'cal and spaced points of sup-- port for the tube. Thus the tubes are held? securely attached to the P lantern; and may be readily detached as desired. Qfcourse, any number of the fusee container tubes may be employed and similarly. attachjedaround the lantern frame at spaceddistances, These tubesgrnay also be painted vivid red to I 3 heighten the signaling eflectofthe lantern.

- that-the container 15'stands out horizontally 1 As stated, I provide preferably two of said fusee container tubes as shown at I and 2, andupon} one of the lower ends of oneof said tubes as 2, I rigidly mount the auxiliarytorpedo container 15, in such position to one sideof the tube 2, and isextended along the base of the lantern 5. The torpedo container 15 may be riveted to the lower end of the tube 2, orsecured in any other suitable manner, so that when the tube 2; is removed from the lantern as aforesaid, the container 15 will. likewise follow. The

container 15 is preferably of cylindrical .construction, and hasa hinged lid ,16 depending from the hinge 17 and opening outwardly and downwardly, as shown. A spring catch18 holds=the lid 16-closed.; The

container 15 is adapted; to hold six track torpedoes 19. Chains 20 and 21 connect the I .caps (Sand 7 to thefusee container tubes 1 to hold about six of the ordinary track torpedoes for the purpose ofmaking the ordinary signals by means, of such torpedoes. Thus, the. trainman or other operator is always provided with'the necessary materials, such as fusees and torpedoes as requiredin the course of his work, and as long asfhe carries his lantern with him, he will not be caught Without these materials. at hand. Likewise, thesaid materials are kept protected from the weather and handling, thus Copies of this patent ,may be obtainedfor'five cents each, by addressing thedfiominissioner of Patents,

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preventing deterioration of' t'he same, and so that same are always in condition for efl'ective 'use.; '1 he"fusee container tubes being alined with the sidebars of the lantern, there is no 'obstructionafforded by'said tubes to p The tubes and container are readily detachable from the lantern when desired. for. any; purpose.

' While I have herein described a certain specific mannerand nethod-of constructing n a sembli ghwl llie I". y t

tio i Ell i s iw-illl v y m {th same in; minor l details not departing: from the spirit ofn yinventlon, so as best to constructa practical device-for the purpose in tended,- as defined in the appended claims;

. What I claim to be newgand patentable is:

1. A fusee and torpedo holding attachment .forlanterns', comprisingiitwo elongated fuseecontainerszwith removable caps chained thereto, detachably mounted one each adjacent to and vertical alinementwith the opposite sidebars ofthef'lantern; a box-like torpedo container havinga hinged lid and.

beingpermanently mounted at the lowerend of one ofthe tusee containers;- and means for detachably mounting, said fuses and torpedo containers upon said lantern as aforesaid. v 2. 'A fusee and torpedo holding attach- -ment for lanterns, comprising two elongated 'fusee containers with removable caps chained thereto, detachablymounted one each ad acent toandgin-vertical alinement with the opposite side bars ofthe-lantern; a box-like torpedo container having a hinged lid and being permanently mounted at thelower end of one ofthe fuseecontainers; and a special from -each fusee container at. a spaced distance'. from. said' special catch, as means for containers upon said lantern.

GRANT SELBY.

Witnesses: Y

K. Donne, V A. M. Down.

Washington, I). c.

'detachably mountinqsaidfusee and torpedo 

